ATIA 2019 Highlights

ATIA 2019 was a marvelous gathering of accessibility professionals, AT providers, educators, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, physical therapists, and makers from all over the world. Getting exposure to over 350 education sessions and over 100 AT exhibitors as a first-time attendee, I am walking away enlightened, inspired, and hungry for more. Check out some highlights from my ATIA 2019 experience below!

Here are the golden nuggets I get to take home with me from the various education sessions I attended:

By Suzanne Taylor, Barbara Taylor, Mark Laino

By Scott Gartner

By Cody Laplante

By Ricardo Garcia Bahamonde

I would be remiss to not highlight some of the incredible AT demoed at the exhibition hall:

And the grand finale… :”)

ATIA sparked a lot of questions for me. How might we make accessibility more accessible? Since technology is assistive by nature, isn’t all technology AT? Given the multitude of combinations of AT and environmental factors that yield very different user experiences, where do designers draw the line on the UX they intend to create?

If these sound interesting to you, join me on voca11y where I will explore and dig deeper into these topics and many others!

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